Council members: City business will move forward

San Diego City Councilmen Kevin Faulconer and Todd Gloria are telling the public that city business will be conducted as usual even as the sexual harassment scandal involving Mayor Bob Filner continues to unfold.

“The business of the city will proceed,” Falcouner said Monday in an interview with the editorial board of U-T San Diego. “We need to make sure the city functions. Trash is picked up. Streets are repaired. If you call 911, those services are there. These are very difficult times.”

Faulconer, a Republican, appeared at a noon news conference with Council President Gloria, a Democrat, to reassure residents and businesses that the city will continue to function despite the distraction of the accusations against the mayor, who has denied he was involved in sexual harassment.

Separately, attorney Gloria Allred planned a later news conference where she said she will appear with one of Filner’s alleged victims and will announce a lawsuit against the city and the mayor.

Falconer said that “for all the wrong reasons” the eyes of the country are on the city of San Diego.

“We know that we have a city in crisis right now, but we know we have the ability as a council to come together and make sure that it works. That’s going to be my focus in the coming weeks and as long as it takes.”